Oast Quilters

We had a wonderful afternoon on Saturday when Marion Drake brought just a segment of her wonderful antique and vintage quilt collection to share with us. Items ranged in time from the early C19th to the 1960's. A visual feast and lots of ideas to apply to our own quilt making.

Just look at that brilliant acid yellow

Items on tables in front of the stage were for sale.

I have noted this pattern and the extra wide sashing

A classic

I hope to make a frame quilt on these lines one day. From the time of Jane Austen.

The background strippy squares could be a modern jelly roll pattern but enter another league because of the mini Dresden Plates appliqued on top.

Oast Show & Tell

Saturday was Oast Corners day. There weren't as many Show & Tell items as usual. Here are three. I love the applique stems and leaves and the lap quilt started in Katharine Guerrier's workshop looks stunning. It's amazing how different these quilts look.
The Ethelberga ninepatch hearts and flowers has been shown on this blog before as Liz seen here on the right was quilting it at our retreat in October. This time the recipient, who had had a significant birthday AND got married, brought it to show us.

Oast Quilters

Oast Quilters here in Kent had our AGM on Saturday followed by tea and mince pies. Frances who is a physiotherapist took us through some exercises appropriate for quilters which did us good and we were noticeably livelier at tea. As well as a challenge of which the theme was "Circus", for me the most enjoyable feature of this this meeting is a larger than usual Show & Tell. Crab & Winkle always put on a good show all of us except Mary who is very very busy with job and family had quilts to view but I post some photos made by other members here.